You start off as Jimmy Hopkins, a 15 year old who's been kicked out of every school he's gone to. You're dropped off at the front gate of Bullworth Academy by your parents who're going on a cruise, and for the first 1/5 of the game you're pretty much left to your own devices. As the game progresses a bit, however, you'll meet Gary, your first "friend." You'll go through the main story doing missions, which could be anything from de-ratting the library to sneaking into the girls dorm to keeping kids away from the cook's date. These missions all revolve around the school's cliques: jocks, greasers, nerds, bullies, preppies, and townies. You will have to help them and, at the end of each "chapter," perform a boss mission to fully gain their respect, until you eventually are king of the school. The missions are only half the fun, however. This game IS an open word game, so after a certain amount of playing, you'll unlock part of the town of Bullworth, and after another while, a new part, and so on. There is SO many things to do in the town and school. You can buy chocolate and roses to give to girls-and boys-so they'll kiss you, steal bikes, pelt citizens with rocks from your slingshot, get into fights, stuff kids in garbage cans, start a food fight, run from the cops and prefects, and do favors for students and citizens. These quick errands, such as finding a dog or throwing water balloons, will earn you money which you can use to buy things like clothes, or use to get another student to help you in a fight. Fights are probably the most important part of this game. You'll be getting into fights wherever you go, and with a few waves of the remotes and pressing of buttons, you'll be able to take knock out enemies, or friends, for that matter. While your out having fun, roaming around the town, you'll have to remember that this isn't GTA-or most games that aren't based on education-and you do go to school. And you know what school means:classes. You can go to two classes a day, ranging from chemistry to music to shop. Of course, as any juvenile delinquent would, you can skip the classes, but you'll have to look out for prefects or cops because if they catch you, it's straight to class. It is probably a good idea to go to class, though, because you'll earn rewards like new clothes, they ability to apologize, etc. The actual classes are quite easy, and some are even fun, but after a while they can become quite tedious. There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of things to do in this game, and it is great, except for a few minor things. The frame rate can be a bit iffy sometimes, and occasionally your game will just stop, but only for a few seconds. It looks pretty good, graphically, but, as in any game, there are a few glitches. I wouldn't recommend this game to someone who has played the original Bully on PS2, because the game is basically the same, apart from a few more missions and classes and some minor graphical updates. But i would recommend it to anyone who loves open world games, but without the killing and extreme violence of the rest of them. And for someone who likes to laugh out loud while playing and enjoys a great soundtrack, gameplay, and a huge array of things to do that will keep you playing for well over 20 hours.
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